Updated Padlet by Only https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3 Yup. en-us 2020-09-06 04:22:26 UTC 2026-04-18 12:17:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Well.. Here we are. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723066149 It's 2020, folks. Here we are looking back at what at the time was no doubt perceived to be hilarious. Damn. It's definitely shocking, or at least should be. During my independent research of the topic I've found quite a bit, and an absolute ton of images that give off the same vibes as the one below. Strap in. ]]> 2020-09-06 05:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723066149 Where did it come from? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723074503 Plantation Nostalgia. It's a fairly common phrase I've found going down this rabbit hole. It is as the name implies. Nostalgia for another time long past, one that was literally ended by the most brutal conflict in American history. Generally from the looks of it, it wasn't just white performers dawning charcoal makeup and strawberry lips. Black minstrels existed as well, performing what minstrels of the time claimed were authentic black spirituals. More times than not it seemed as though black performers were cast into very select roles, all which, you guessed it, reinforced the same stereotypes. ]]> 2020-09-06 05:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723074503 So what is it? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723080902 If the images didn't do it justice maybe I can with words. Ye olde Minstrel Shows were an exploitative form of musical theater that exaggerated real-life black circumstances and struggles, thus reinforcing dangerous stereotypes during the 19th and 20th centuries. Blackface. Whites acting like blacks. Yup. It genuinely persisted throughout most of American culture until about halfway through the century.. ]]> 2020-09-06 05:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723080902 The Jazz Singer hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723099444 Some information on the classic cringefest that is "The Jazz Singer." Al Jolson. Though most likely one of the most famous men to done the blackface, Al Jolson is a fairly complicated character. It was an interesting find, as is the entire catalog of this YouTube channel. I would air on the latter side of the title of this video, but it brings up an interesting point about bringing white audiences to the issues of black folks through minstrelsy, albeit in a very backhanded way. Maybe it wasn't all that bad? ]]> 2020-09-06 06:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723099444 Nah, it was pretty bad. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723121316 As an early form of the comically inclined vaudeville acts, Minstrelsy persisted the notions of white supremacy that was rampant across the country and its entertainment industry. Then, they came for Uncle Tom. The act comes from the 1852 book Uncle Tomes Cabin, of which from my research, I can't find any direct flaws with. The character of Uncle Tom seems like a pretty swell dude. Sadly though, his likeness was turned into something harmless and codependent, and his meaning tainted with the ideals of a bootlicking former-slave, written by a white author. It was completely degrading to the narrative of the book. If anything has riled me up in the research of this subject as much, it is this. Abolitionist art turned Happy Minstrel bullshit for profit by once again, Plantation Nostalgia. The writing major in me is screaming.  ]]> 2020-09-06 06:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723121316 The Legacy hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723144926 Minstrel shows were if more than anything, a stain on American culture, and the musical industry at the time. Some of the acts, many in the latter part of its height, made this attitude of racist propaganda palatable to a wide audience by couching it in the guise of well-intentioned paternalism. Seemed to be the ultimate example of not only mockery but also patronizing. Though I can find many examples of minstrel characters throughout history, and a few that kind of skirt the line today, I think another thing I ran into along the way of this rabbit hole really stuck with me. A lot of media is still racist, be it out of touch or again patronizing. Though often, I don't see the portrayal of blacks being the happy go lucky boot-licking proto-slaves portrayed in minstrel shows. There are still stereotypes, and they are still as shitty as they were in the 1920's. Fucking Jar Jar. ]]> 2020-09-06 07:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/723144926 Uncle Tom, Cont'd hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724893570 Or, Tom Shows, for short. Though the shows were loosely based on the novel, one thing to note would be the strange name changes to the show. "Happy Tom's" was common from the looks of it, as were the notions that Tom would be a non-threatening, individualistic man. Forgive the impotent rage of the previous posts, but the ridiculousness of the Tom Show was absolutely insane. The message was completely diluted, to the point that there were even pro-slavery versions. This is real. Anti-Tom, even. 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/proslavery-literature-anti-tom-novels-overview]]> 2020-09-07 14:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724893570 Who Was The Audience? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724909067 One thing most famously considered about minstrel shows is the wide scope of their audiences. Non-whites (at least what were considered at non white at the time) and whites as well were patrons to the shows as well. It seemed to be a common thing on a broad scale, taking place in colleges to mostly male audiences. ]]> 2020-09-07 14:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724909067 Something to consider before we start... hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724917342 A long list of lawmakers who have done blackface, with pictures.]]> 2020-09-07 14:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724917342 Ham and Sam The Wind Up Toy hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724932928 So you've heard of minstrel shows yeah, but have you heard of minstrel toys? 

Made out of tin and wood, this (no doubt led) painted work of art was made for children. One plays the banjo, one plays the piano. Makes me wonder if this was an early form of marketing, much like the horde of Star Wars toys sold today.
 ]]> 2020-09-07 14:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724932928 More on the soul crushing nature of blackface toys. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724947400 I'm a bit too young to understand what these are. I'm a 2000's kid, I had Bionicle dudes and Lego's. But Jesus Christ reading about this was one of the most unbelievable things I have seen. Again, forgive my hyperbole but by God if this isn't a Rabbit Hole then I don't know what is.]]> 2020-09-07 14:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/724947400 Chicago! hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762632543 Having flown over Chicago before the start of the semester, thinking about it during the Gilded Age seems astonishing enough. Though the city has expanded, much of the culture seems to have persisted, albeit updated in many ways.
Found this to start, found it good for context of the time period. 

 ]]> 2020-09-21 00:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762632543 And of course, New York too hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762642114 Though not as interesting as the first article, this one does well to kind of outline just how much wealth was poured into the city, thus driving the upper class towards the shows at the time. Being that it was the center of musical theatre, I'm not surprised just how much information there is about it. But, it wasn't just New York and Chicago.]]> 2020-09-21 01:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762642114 Walnut Street Theatre hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762646366 Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia was quite the hot spot as well. It hosted quite a few famous acts at the time, and is considered to be the oldest theatre in America. It was built in 1809, and later on was owned by the brother of John Wilks Booth, Edwin Booth.]]> 2020-09-21 01:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762646366 Houdini in Vaudeville hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762662590 So unbeknownst to me, Harry Houdini started in Vaudeville. Didn't know that. 


]]> 2020-09-21 01:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762662590 I can see why people found Vaudeville funny. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762680288 It makes enough sense I guess, being that there was hardly anything else to do at the time other than work and die. Though, one has to consider that Vaudville was more for entertainment and a good ass time than the thought provoking Shakespearian theatre enjoyed by the elite around the world. It was nothing but a good time. Also - Vaudeville performers were called Vaudevillians. That is awesome. ]]> 2020-09-21 01:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762680288 Alright, I kinda like this stuff. Vaudeville is funny. Probably not what I should be focusing on but it's pretty cool. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762691777 So after doing a bit of research with minstrel shows aside, I can really see why people found Vaudeville funny. Mostly, because it wasn't Shakespeare. A Layman could get it in the same way a patron of the colosseum could understand a fool in makeup and a dress. It was simple, every man sort of stuff that made the masses entertained or distracted. I couldn't quite imagine a cowboy of the era (like myself, of course) walking into a show and cracking up at it but regardless it is the kind of thing that I can appreciate. 


]]> 2020-09-21 01:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762691777 Burlesque hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762704876 Caricature comedy, as touchy as it is, seemed to be pretty popular in Burlesque in its infancy. I think the best way to describe it, at least from what I've observed, was not quite based in the realm of reality, but also somewhat grounded in stereotype. Leave it to the Americans to step it up a notch and include women in what are called "Cooch" Dances (lol.) Essentially the start of the more modern style of Burlesque evolved very, very far from what the original English theatre had in mind after it fell out of favor. ]]> 2020-09-21 01:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762704876 Mass Leisure Culture and Minsky's hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762759222 One of the original Burlesque outlets, Minsky's, was a staple in the Burlesque scene at its American height. This is a pretty nice article about it, and gives a good perspective on what Burlesque was like in the public setting. ]]> 2020-09-21 02:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762759222 Gilbert, Sullivan, and Operetta. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762772664 I do hate to say I found these little bits a bit more dull than stupid humor and cooch dances, but its true. Now don't get me wrong, H.M.S. Pinafore wasn't bad. Wasn't bad at all. But that type of storytelling at least in my opinion, is a bit antiquated. That doesn't take away from the influence they had, though. ]]> 2020-09-21 02:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762772664 This Exists. And it's Awesome. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762789408 And I spent like 20 minutes looking it up. Not quite as gay as the original, but pretty gay in another way. These are the kinds of jewels that the internet provides us with this kind of research.


]]> 2020-09-21 02:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762789408 Well It Had to End Sooner or Later hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762810191 You ever heard that video killed the radio star? Well apparently it hurt the Vaudevillians pretty bad as well. Film, as bad as it was led to the slow decline of live theatre in the gilded age. It's a shame really, I really dug into the Vaudeville stuff. Though it no doubt was overtaken by film, its influence was more than just overstated in its influence. ]]> 2020-09-21 02:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762810191 Some Adapted - Charlie Chaplin hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762824031 Charlie Chaplin went on to be popular in film as well. Although silent, it still held some of that Vaudevill(ish?) spirit. Of all the actors from that early in film, this is the guy that I can think of the most. And of course, the Stooges. ]]> 2020-09-21 02:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762824031 I Still Wanna Talk About Vaudeville hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762830947 So the Three Stooges were pretty cool. Not quite musical in a lot of ways but their style of stupid comedy would have had me on the fucking floor when I was a kid. Doing a bit of research further I didn't realize just how popular this kind of stuff was. Again, it was just Vaudeville style of comedy put on a screen and overlaced with actors who would have been equally as good on the stage as they are on the screen.]]> 2020-09-21 02:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762830947 I Guess That's One Way to Put It hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762851107 2020-09-21 03:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762851107 ???? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762853262 I'll be honest I can't exactly explain what this is, though it was very good background music while I did some of the quieter research. I'm aware that it wasn't quite as jazzy as what played most of the time but there is something about a badass organ that just kills me. ]]> 2020-09-21 03:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762853262 Comparative Dance hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762857646 I'm not really one for dance myself. I mean I can appreciate it and all the intricacy that come with it, right. But comparing some of the popular dances of the 1920's to the dances of today kind of compares well. Take literally anything on this stage and compare it to the many things that came out of Fortnite and swept the nation in the past few years and there are not many differences. ]]> 2020-09-21 03:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762857646 The Devils Music hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762872843 I mean jazz is pretty awesome. Most things that the public considers of the Devil really are. Jazz led to Rock N Roll. Though this was an interesting read, I can't help but look at it from a modern-day standpoint. Just something to chew on and a good read.]]> 2020-09-21 03:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762872843 Back on Broadway hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762883037 Now I'm not saying she's a Gold Digger but.. Well.. you know the rest. I didn't like it quite as much as the other things on Broadway, but it seemed fairly influential for the time and cast women in a main role.]]> 2020-09-21 03:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762883037 More Dancing hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762888719 So before when I said I wasn't a big fan of dancing, I wasn't quite sure they did it like this. Going down the good ol YouTube Rabbit Hole, I found this video. Some of the incredibly complicated dances the mobs do in it seemed complicated as hell. Another thing was the inclusion of automobiles in the acts, something that no doubt was fairly new and fairly awesome at the time. Why not? ]]> 2020-09-21 03:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762888719 A Little Thought hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762893503 I've never been much of a performer in my life. Though I really have a thing for voice acting and audio drama, it makes me think that things like live shows and radio dramas are sort of making a comeback. Audible has an absolutely massive range of audio dramas preformed by a few people with very little in the way of directing and sound design. Yet still, it comes off as complex. With that, and the rise of Hamilton and other Broadway shows, it kind of has a nice contrast to history repeating itself. Not to say we're sick of film and TV, but the antiquated form of entertainment is starting to make a comeback. ]]> 2020-09-21 03:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/762893503 To Start - Ellis Island hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801650507 I more or less got lost in reading stories about Ellis Island. So to start, I'll share some of the really interesting ones. ]]> 2020-10-05 02:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801650507 The Kudna Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801666728 In December of 1912, Frank Kudrna journeyed from Moravia to America leaving behind his wife and son. Although Kudrna wanted to send for his family as soon as possible, the onset of World War I, which closed down most European ports from 1914 to 1919, and the First Quota Act, which curtailed immigration from Eastern Europe, prevented that reality for ten years. For ten years he worked to get his family to the U.S. Wow. Imagine not being able to see your children grow up in favor of giving them a better life in the process. That is dedication.

In 1922, Kudrna was finally able to arrange ocean passages for his wife and children who arrived at Ellis Island dressed in their native clothing.
]]> 2020-10-05 02:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801666728 The Mirelowitz Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801694704 In 1909, an outbreak of vicious pogroms against Jews suddenly forced the Chadekel family to flee the country.

Traveling under the mothers maiden name, Mirelowitz (the name they kept), the family managed to reach Hamburg, Germany. There they boarded the Hamburg-America Line's steamship, the S.S. President Grant, bound for New York City. They lived on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and in the Bronx until Barnett bought a small farm in a bungalow colony in upstate New York.

]]> 2020-10-05 02:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801694704 The Stollmayer Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801700799 This one was most indicative of the game I played in my most recent assignment.

In 1912, Katherine Stollmayer, age 18, left Arad, Hungary, to join her older brother, Joseph, living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She sailed from Germany. After a 12-day voyage to New York she traveled to Pittsburgh by train. Her brother placed a housework-wanted ad in a local paper, and Katherine was soon hired as a governess with a wealthy family. She stayed with the family for 14 years until her marriage to another Arad native, John Schmidt. In 1925, Katherine sent for her parents, Anton and Elena Stollmayer, who longed to see their only children. The aged couple journeyed across Europe and sailed to New York from Le Havre, France.
 
]]> 2020-10-05 02:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801700799 Hayter Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801705908 Walter Hayter left Purleigh, England for the United States. He was 22 years old and felt a responsibility to help his mother and 12 brothers and sisters. 12 BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Shortly after his arrival in America he found work on a Michigan farm. In a matter of months, he was able to send for three of his sisters and one brother, all of whom became ill during their voyage and recuperated in Ellis Island's contagious disease hospital. Eventually, the entire Hayter family, except the oldest son, settled in America.]]> 2020-10-05 03:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801705908 Interlude on Disease in Ellis Island hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801711766 All immigrants arriving at Ellis Island had to undergo a medical inspection. Medical officers screened immigrants for any indication of physical or mental illness. If illness was suspected, immigrants were detained at Ellis Island's hospital complex. In some cases, the incurable or extremely ill were sent back to their home countries. In total, approximately 3,500 immigrants died at Ellis Island; 1,400 being children. Really makes you think.]]> 2020-10-05 03:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801711766 The Thomas Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801722635 Diab Catoni Thomas immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in 1892. 

After working for nine years peddling dry goods in Virginia, Diab returned to Lebanon where he married Mary Ramah and had two children. Mary formerly worked in one of the seven textile factories after her father broke his back when she was nine or ten years old. Mary and the children, Salene and Alene, immigrated to the United States in 1907.

The family settled in Matoaka, Virginia where Diab opened a successful general store. Diab and Mary had nine more children in America bringing their family to a total of five daughters and six sons. By the 1930s, the family had moved to Mullens, West Virginia where they operated a grocery store. Diab died in Mullens in 1971 at the age of 103]]> 2020-10-05 03:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801722635 Trachoma in Ellis Island hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801778873 I had no clue what trachoma was before reading up on it. Mortal illness is scary, but becomes even scarier when it comes from your eye. Doctors searched for this disease in the eyes of immigrants in Ellis Island. The disease causes blindness and it can also lead to death. Nearly 50% of those who had to be examined further before registration was due to this eye disease. The immigrant was marked with the letters Ct. If the doctors later on could determine the diagnosis trachoma the immigrant was sent back home again.]]> 2020-10-05 03:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801778873 The Pietro Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801805996 Pietro and Rosa Sicurella lived with their nine children in Adrano, Sicily prior to coming to the United States. Pietro and Rosa's oldest son, Giuseppe, immigrated in 1903 to study art. His brother Salvatore followed in 1908 and their siblings Antonio, Maria Anna, and Angelina joined them in 1913. When Giuseppe died in 1916, the Sicurella siblings living in New York decided not to return to Sicily - the rest of the family joined them after World War I. Giuseppe D'Amico, Concetta Sicurella's husband, immigrated with his wife's family, leaving his own family behind in Sicily.

The Sicurella family typified the kinds of professions many Italian immigrants undertook once they came to America in the early 1900s. As Concetta Sicurella's daughter, Teresa, recalls: "Living in Manhattan in the early 1920s had some advantages. The street may not have been paved in gold, but jobs were readily available to immigrants who had skills…"

]]> 2020-10-05 04:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801805996 The Perdikis Family hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801810052 In 1921, Iparhos Perdikis came to the United States with his parents, Alexandros and Efthalia (Arone) Perdikis. The family settled in New York City where Iparhos, who was 16 years upon arrival, went to school and later studied music and dance. As a young dancer, he was part of a team known as "Perzade and Jetan" and performed in vaudeville theatres and nightclubs throughout the country.

Despite holding onto traditional items from Cyprus, Iparhos Perdikis, who changed his name to Harold Perris in America, was also drawn to the promises of his newly adopted country. He looked to the lights of New York City and the opportunities available there. As he noted, "From that beautiful city … I got my dreams."]]> 2020-10-05 04:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801810052 VAUDEVILLE hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801819211 Back at it. As much as I've really enjoyed Vaudeville so far, some of the things it included are just astonishing to me. I cant help but laugh a bit to keep from feeling bad about it, but either way when we talked about "jewface" in lecture, I couldn't help but just kind of grunt at the prospect of a white dude with a long nose and curls, or something along those lines. ]]> 2020-10-05 04:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801819211 Yup. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801821028 Yup.]]> 2020-10-05 04:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801821028 "Hebrew Hits" and an Interesting Find hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801825060 “An immigrant who has already acculturated a bit, when he sees this bumbling immigrant Jew on stage with his heavy Yiddish accent making all kinds of mistakes with English – he looks at that and can laugh at it and say ‘that’s not me.’ It’s a way to distance himself from his previous immigrant self,” Portnoy said. Americanized Jews were upset by the portrayals – “embarrassed,” according to Portnoy, “by anything that’s too Jewish” – but the lasting influence of self-deprecating Yiddish humor speaks to which side wielded more influence.]]> 2020-10-05 04:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801825060 Part 2 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801829675 …This forgotten genre serves as a window into American Jewish heritage for people just like them [the producers]: young secular Jews weaned on kitschy pop culture, abrasive rock and irony, as much as on the Torah.

“We’re all kind of disaffected American Jews, who aren’t particularly religious, don’t really practice and don’t really lead very Jewish lives at all,” said Mr. Kun, 35. “Digging up these recordings was really about figuring out who we were in this world.”

]]> 2020-10-05 04:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801829675 Just gonna leave this here hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801843748 2020-10-05 04:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801843748 Vaudeville in WWI hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801854361 After three years of official neutrality, the United States entered World War I in 1917, joining with Britain and France in the struggle against Germany and Austria. While vaudevillians like Nora Bayes were among the first to entertain troops near the front lines, other Broadway luminaries played an active role on the home front.]]> 2020-10-05 04:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801854361 I absolutely love this image hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801869021 2020-10-05 04:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801869021 Open Air and Open Shirt Vaudeville hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801870520 Although America's involvement in the war was relatively brief, many topical stage revues included war-themed routines. Florenz Ziegfeld dressed his Follies chorines in tailored military uniforms, and had one of his girls appear bare breasted to personify "liberty" (yeah ok) Not to be outdone, the Shuberts stripped their already under-dressed Passing Show chorines, all in the name of patriotism. In a slightly classier gesture, they also introduced the hit song "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" in the 1917 edition.

]]> 2020-10-05 04:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801870520 A Darker Turn hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801877769 Things took a dark and unexpected turn in the autumn of 1918 when a devastating flu pandemic reached the United States. Victims in seemingly perfect health would be dead within days, sometimes hours. As 25 million Americans fell ill and an estimated 550,000 perished, many cities closed their theatres. New York City allowed theatres to stay open, but audiences were so sparse that several Broadway productions were forced to close. A core group of shows kept running at a loss, including Ziegfeld's Follies. Within a few weeks, the commercial theater reached the brink of economic ruin.

Then, for no clear reason, the pandemic subsided. Audiences soon reappeared, and one of the deadliest chapters in history became a buried footnote. It is estimated that the epidemic killed more than 20 million people worldwide, approximately twice the number of people killed in battle during "The War to End All Wars." Most historians ignored this frightening epidemic until the beginning of the next century.

hmm.]]> 2020-10-05 04:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801877769 Irene hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801880422 The first memorable post-World War I hit was the Cinderella-like story of a Manhattan shopgirl (played by Edith Day) who becomes a high fashion model and wins the love of a Long Island millionaire. The twist is that the millionaire has to win over the girl's impoverished mother who is prejudiced against wealth! Following the Princess Theatre model with believable characters facing realistic problems, Irene set a new long-run record for Broadway by giving audiences sentimental, easy-going fun with a fresh "modern" energy. Composer Harry Tierney and lyricist Joseph McCartney's score included the nostalgic "Alice Blue Gown," which fed a craze for "Alice blue" fashions (a bluish-gray tint named for Theodore Roosevelt's famed socialite daughter).]]> 2020-10-05 04:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801880422 The Effect of WWI hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801889644 "By 1919, New York had displaced its last and greatest rival, London, as the investment capital of the world, and money was flowing into the city, one British observer remarked, "as water flows downhill." "Only by careful and constant extravagance," one New Yorker replied impertinently, 'can we keep it from bursting the banks!'"]]> 2020-10-05 04:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801889644 The Badass known as Texas Guinan hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801893637
A very interesting lady. A vaudeville actress, and a direct result of prohibition as she managed many speakeasy's and made an assload of money doing it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Guinan]]> 2020-10-05 05:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801893637 I Ran Across This hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801900254 2020-10-05 05:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801900254 1919 Actor Strike hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801902146 Broadway's postwar jubilation was interrupted when the Actors Equity Association demanded better working conditions for its members. This union had formed years earlier in response to abusive treatment by the Shuberts and other producers. It was common practice for producers to make actors pay for their own costumes, rehearse for weeks without compensation, and face salary cuts and termination without notice. In a patriotic gesture, Equity agreed to wait until after the war to press its demands. In August of 1919, when producers ended months of half-hearted negotiations by refusing to recognize the union, Equity president Francis Wilson called the first labor strike in the history of the American theatre.]]> 2020-10-05 05:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801902146 1919 Actor Strike Cont'd hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801940724 Desperate producers put together non-union casts to keep their shows running. Then the stagehands union agreed to honor the strike, shutting down almost every professional production in the United States. Coming just months after the flu epidemic, the strike hit producers like a one-two punch. Faced with crippling losses, producers were forced to recognize Actors Equity and accept its demands. An embittered Cohan never accepted Equity's existence, but actors finally had some professional leverage.]]> 2020-10-05 05:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801940724 Division Concert Parties hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801944937 The division concert parties were altogether more sophisticated affairs than the normal canteen shows. The divisional concert troupe drew men from different regiments and corps, and was judged to be of such importance that its provision became a statutory requirement in some base camps. 

The staple diet of all concerts was the songs, especially those in which the troops had the opportunity to join in the chorus. The soldiers needed to laugh and sing as a release from the tensions of trench life and the stench of death]]> 2020-10-05 05:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801944937 Ragtime is Pretty Cool hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801961242 Generally when I sit down and write stuff, I write westerns. Cowboys, saloons and all that. And when I write, I listen to music. I wasn't really aware that a lot of the saloon music I was listening to was very.. raggy. Maple Leaf Rag in particular is something I've heard about a thousand times and didn't know the name of it until recently. ]]> 2020-10-05 05:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801961242 Ragtime Piano hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801979475 The Piano is obviously the biggest part of Ragtime music, and after listening to quite a bit of it on YouTube while doing this it more or less reminds me of some of the Lynard Skynard stuff my dad used to play in the car as a kid. I used to be absolutely amazed by the crazy, swingy piano. I still listen to that stuff, but in the process of thinking about it, it gave me an idea. How fucking cool would it be to have drums behind that piano? There aren't any in Scott Joplin's Ragtime Album. Though, I assume that is mainly due to the fact that the dude can play the melody of the piano with one hand and the rhythm of it with the other like a goddamn spider. Insane. ]]> 2020-10-05 05:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801979475 This Kicks Ass hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801995226 I'm talking something like this. Just piano and drums going at it. Could bob my head to this stuff all day. I have come to the conclusion that drums and piano are the best combinations.


]]> 2020-10-05 05:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/801995226 Check This Out hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/802015813 I'm going to watch the film about Scott Joplin now. Saw this, had a good laugh. Ragtime piano kicks ass.]]> 2020-10-05 06:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/802015813 A Completely Uninformed Big Thought on The Influence of Ragtime hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/802044755 I really don't know much about the theory and evolution of Ragtime into Big Band and Jazz and all that stuff. Music theory has always scared the hell out of me. Though I seriously see a lot of its influence, structure-wise, and music-wise in some of my favorite stuff. A lot of metal music has two guitars that play at once. One for rhythm, one for lead. Both of them play off of each other more or less in the same way that Ragtime piano does. For example, Avenged Sevenfold's song Hail to the King has that same structure to its interlude. I think it would be much easier to explain with my voice, but here is kind of what I am talking about. I've marked the video to start in the points I'm talking about. On piano, the song (which is played with guitars rather than a piano) gives me similar vibes. Just a thought. Ragtime has influenced a ton of stuff, maybe possibly this included.

After this little experiment, I took a bunch of other heavy metal songs and listened to what they sound like on piano and I am not joking when I say some of it legit has the same musical structure as Ragtime. ]]> 2020-10-05 06:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/802044755 A Start hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858774555 South Pacific was a strange film to me. Good, I enjoyed it and can see why it was so massive, but it seems like something that would appeal to a different audience than myself. As for who that audience is I am not sure at all. I loved the overall meaning of the film and think that many of the issues portrayed held up pretty good by modern standards.]]> 2020-10-25 05:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858774555 A Breakdown hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858791878 To me, it seems like a lot of the success of South Pacific came from its great mix of storytelling and musical structure The progressive meaning was no doubt a big part, though I can't entirely see that as a main driving point for the era. Now though, it looks pretty great. ]]> 2020-10-25 06:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858791878 "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858812845 In perfect show tune fashion, the song seemed like the main staple of the musical and it was the song that stuck with me and the group I watched it with the most. Lt. Cable was one of my favorite characters as well, and I'm glad the modern idea of "learned hate" isn't as modern as I thought it was. It has really been something that has been on my mind for awhile, and this sort of acted like a piece of evidence for a very personal thesis about one not being born with hate. I'm sure it is proven at this point, but at times I struggle with that idea when I see just blatant racism in kids. It is always good to be reassured. ]]> 2020-10-25 06:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858812845 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858852248 2020-10-25 06:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858852248 Lt. Cable. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858860950 By far, Cable is my favorite character in SP. Maybe it is some kind of self-insert or the way he acts, but I really got into the character due to what I kind of perceived as innocence. I really wish there were more musicals that focused on war, but in thinking about this I had the stupid thought of imagining war movies that I've already seen but as musicals. "1917 - The Musical." "Enemy at The Gates - The Musical." ]]> 2020-10-25 06:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858860950 The Tony Awards hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858884790 Apparently SP won an assload of awards. For good reason, too. If I can still enjoy it in 2020 it deserves some kind of commination.

Best Musical, Best Male Performer (Pinza), Best Female Performer (Martin), Best Supporting Male Performer (McCormick), Best Supporting Female Performer (Hall), Best Director (Logan), Best Book and Best Score.]]> 2020-10-25 07:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/858884790 The King and I hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860221397 Aight I'll be honest. I did not watch this one. BUT I did listen to the soundtrack at work and though it is catchy, it is a bit hard to compete with South Pacific. BUT I also did a bit of research into the historical background of the film and this is what I found.]]> 2020-10-26 02:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860221397 The King of Siam hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860225197 Was a Buddhist monk. As a monk he did a ton of studying and began to learn western languages. Once he became king, he was able to keep the country of Siam an independent body through good relations with dominating European powers. ]]> 2020-10-26 02:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860225197 Uh hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860234225 He uh, also had a harem. Of 32 wives. Which he also requested to be educated by Western tutors.]]> 2020-10-26 02:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860234225 More on the King hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860240004 I did think it was interesting how well he as a Buddhist got along with Christians. I am not all that educated on the relations of Buddhists to other religions of the world, but it is good to see two religions not trying to kill each other.]]> 2020-10-26 02:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860240004 A Quote from King Mongkut hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860245085 (In regards to the Christian faith)

"What you teach people to do is admirable, but what you teach them to believe is foolish.""]]> 2020-10-26 02:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860245085 Back to the Film hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860248431 So when creating the script, it seems like R&H did exoticize things a bit, just from reading about it. To make it better for audiences of the west, most of the Thai speech was very difficult to write around. It is a bit.. strange, but I think their intentions were good in doing it. Finding an actor to play the King was a bit more problematic. ]]> 2020-10-26 02:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860248431 Ah.. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860264634 "They told us the name of the first man and out he came with a bald head and sat cross-legged on the stage. He had a guitar and he hit his guitar one whack and gave out with this unearthly yell and sang some heathenish sort of thing, and Oscar and I looked at each other and said, "Well, that's it." ]]> 2020-10-26 02:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860264634 Apparently it is banned in Thailand hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860273424 "Both The King and I and Anna and the King were banned in Thailand because of the impression they create about the former king. King Mongkut is painted as a rather boorish, brutal, and misogynistic man. There are strict laws of lèse-majesté in Thailand, and Thai people do not take kindly to anyone who criticises the monarchy, past or present. The role of Anna within the royal home is also said to have been grossly exaggerated, and there are many disputed “facts”. Furthermore, the people of Siam are presented as child-like and somewhat inferior to people from Western nations." ]]> 2020-10-26 02:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860273424 Look at this Dood hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860278572 Jerome Robbins, the coriphrapher for The King and I.]]> 2020-10-26 02:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860278572 Tony Awards hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860283019 Much like South Pacific, it won quite a few awards as well. Overall, it got the years Best Musical, along with a ton of other rewards in the acting and filming categories. ]]> 2020-10-26 02:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860283019 Flower Drum Song hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860344797 I really enjoyed this one. It was good and at the time of watching it, those I watched it with also seemed to really enjoy it. As I said before in my reflection, it is a fairly unique thing for me to be invested in something like this, as I did not really think I would beforehand. Though I discussed the problematic elements of it (and missed a few) in my reflection, I still think it told a good tale of immigration in the end, and just how broad of a thing it is. ]]> 2020-10-26 03:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860344797 Like before, a little history. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860349755 The politics of US immigration today focus on Latin American immigration and, more recently, Middle Eastern refugees, but Chinese Communist infiltration was one of the most high-profile immigration issues in the early Cold War. In the late 1950s, Chinese immigration, which had been restricted since the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, was under heavy scrutiny. For obvious reasons, even in the 50's people realized that just because you're Chinese doesn't mean you're a communist. I would even say that most of the time, many Chinese immigrants left due to not wanting to be one of the millions killed in the Great Leap Forward.]]> 2020-10-26 03:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860349755 The Chinese Exclusion Act Cont'd hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860399801  Immigrants were subject to months of imprisonment on Angel Island and government-enforced paternity testing, in an effort to shut down the “paper son” system of immigration that had sprung up as a response to the racial and class-based restrictions on Asian immigration. These restrictions only allowed the immediate relatives of businessmen already in the United States to enter. We see some of these policies today in the heated debate over the right to family reunions or the breaking up of families through partial deportation.]]> 2020-10-26 04:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860399801 The Chinese Exclusion Act hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860407303 After the fall of China to Communism in 1949, all Chinese immigrants were viewed as potential Communist infiltrators. Sigh. This only heightened scrutiny of Chinese immigrants, as did the US’s reform of immigration laws in 1952, which still maintained quotas for those of Asian ethnicities. In 1956, the Immigration and Naturalization Service instituted the Chinese Confession Program, which held out the hope of citizenship and amnesty for anyone who was willing to come forward and confess their undocumented status and immigration methods. Anything known as a "Confession Program" is almost undoubtedly a witch hunt.]]> 2020-10-26 04:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860407303 Addressing The Issue hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860413006 Flower Drum Song addressed this issue by centralizing an illegal immigration plotline, cementing the issue of race-based immigration policies in the light of a rather.. sunny Chinatown. ]]> 2020-10-26 04:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860413006 Different From the Book hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860416908 Rodgers, Hammerstein, and collaborator Joseph Fields, who co-wrote the book of the musical with Hammerstein, adapted and greatly shifted a 1957 novel about the Wang's, a San Francisco Chinatown family. The novel focused on a traditional Chinese father who shuns modernity and Western medicine, and his older son Wang Ta, who is being pursued by the unsuitable Linda but eventually falls for a little flower drum singer. Hammerstein and Fields’s musical transformed the singer, Mei Li, into a modest, traditional heroine, and heightened the dramatic and rather funny tension by using two romantic pairings: Mei Li and Wang Ta, the traditional Chinese couple, and Sammy and Linda, the wisecracking, all-American pair.]]> 2020-10-26 04:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860416908 Playbills hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860422024 What a fucking name lol. Doing a little research and a quick eBay search brought up a ton of these things. Some of them look normal, though others have a very, very interesting style of art that almost looks modern, but has the strange 1950's kick to it that appears to be something ripped straight out of a graphic design drought in the far future. Even up until the 1970's, the art style of Playbills really fit the time. This one is my favorite, but there is a whole list of them out there with some really sick designs. ]]> 2020-10-26 04:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860422024 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860437693 2020-10-26 04:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860437693 So. Paul Cadmus. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860497084 Needless to say I really enjoyed the art style, and I did a bit of research on the man himself. He traveled a lot. As much as I can appreciate that, it was the controversy of his art, some of which were displayed during the PowerPoints that I really dig. "The Fleets In' is a stereotype straight from flaming hell and oh my god I cant even imagine how many people would scoff and clutch their pearls at it in 1934. I dig it. 

(Venus and Adonis 1936)]]> 2020-10-26 05:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860497084 My Favorite and the Story of It hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860509736  This one is of Cadmus’s longtime lover Jon Anderson. Anderson met Cadmus in Nantucket in 1965, and their 30-year collaboration explored all aspects of the male nude. I mean, if you love somebody, why not draw them. The two remained lovers until Cadmus’s death just before his 95th birthday. Kind of heartwarming and also expensive, going for 48,000$ in 1981. ]]> 2020-10-26 05:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860509736 If this is considered homoerotic, Michelangelo has some explaining to do. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860515188 2020-10-26 05:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860515188 Comden and Green hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860519482 Well, now I know where Take me Out To the Ball Game comes from at least. I liked them, though not quite as much as I absolutely loved the comedians on Vaudeville. Though I have seen quite a few prominent women in musical theater so far, I think that Betty Comden has a bit of a different streak to her. ]]> 2020-10-26 05:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860519482 Irving Berlin hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860539464 So at first I wasn't entirely sure that he would be all that interesting, then I just scrolled down a bit and saw the absolutely gargantuan list of things he has made. God Bless America? Puttin' on The Ritz? Geez. Okay. Doing a bit more research, it seems like this guy has written some of the most prominent music well... ever. ]]> 2020-10-26 05:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860539464 White Christmas hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860544507 Bing Crosby was in this one, that I know. I like a bit of his music, but nothing that I know by name. Mostly just things I've heard in videogames or on movies. In fact, I have heard this song so many times I kinda knew the lyrics to it when first listening to it again. ]]> 2020-10-26 05:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860544507 Annie Get Your Gun is Awesome hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860596637 Anything to do with the Wild West always gets me, and even before this I at least knew who Annie Oakley was. ]]> 2020-10-26 06:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860596637 And This hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860610769 Even more so, I had absolutely no clue that this was from Annie Get Your Gun. Wow.]]> 2020-10-26 06:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860610769 Another Thing hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860629192 Another thing I really enjoy is that this movie dramatizes that love is not enough (“This Nearly Was Mine”), South Pacific embraces and unequivocally affirms falling in love. The ever-present wind whipping or blowing and the sound of waves breaking and crashing are crucial to the movie’s idealistic aura. Again, this is just a prime aesthetic, from sunset kisses and heat-stroked eroticism of being in the tropics with glistening, naked flesh to Liat waving goodbye over and over across the distance to foreshadow the heartbreaking climax.]]> 2020-10-26 06:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860629192 Jesus Christ hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860635880 Oh my God.. this is a thing. When watching this for the first time I can promise you I really wouldn't be laughing if I knew about it beforehand. It just popped into the recommended video feed and I was just like.. oh my god. It was insane watching it for the first time, and i half expected the word "Injun" to be thrown around a few times. ]]> 2020-10-26 06:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860635880 God Bless America hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860640634 "In 1938, with the rise of Adolf Hitler, Irving Berlin, who was Jewish and had arrived in the U.S. from Russia at the age of five, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song", and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938, sung by Kate Smith on her radio show.[7] Berlin had made some minor changes; by this time, "to the right" might have been considered a call to the political right, so he substituted "through the night" instead. He also provided an introduction that is now rarely heard but which Smith always used: "While the storm clouds gather far across the sea / Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free / Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, / As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer." (In her first broadcast of the song, Kate Smith sang "that we're far from there" rather than "for a land so fair".)[4] This was changed when Berlin published the sheet music in March 1939." 

Pretty heavy stuff. Also pretty funny knowing that the Klan didn't like the most American song in the fucking world because it was written by a Jew.]]> 2020-10-26 06:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860640634 Cole Porter hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860782508 Some of his best work, at least from what I've seen, comes from Kiss me, Kate. I had a professor who was obsessed with it back in Community College and she really enjoyed it, now I see why. It is pretty funny, and the colorful aesthetic of it is pretty sick.]]> 2020-10-26 07:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860782508 Cole Porter Cont'd hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860805210 Thought it isn't entirely insightful on my end, I got lost in reading this. It really hits me, and seems incredibly personal. A good read about an interesting dude. ]]> 2020-10-26 07:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860805210 Alternative Lyrics to "You're The Top" hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860822566 I know it has already been covered, but Jesus Chirst lol
You're the top,
You're Miss Pinkham's tonic;
You're the top,
You're a high colonic;
You're the burning heat of a bridal suite in use;
You're the breasts of Venus,
You're King Kong's penis,
You're self-abuse!
You're the arch
In the Rome collection;
You're the starch
In a groom's erection.
I'm a eunuch who has just been through an op;
But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!
]]> 2020-10-26 07:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860822566 On Can-Can hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860829340 In Highschool, I remember pretty well that we had a Pommies team. Not exactly cheerleaders, more along the lines of just a dance team that for some reason performed at the halftime of games. Nobody really liked it, at least from what I can remember. One thing in particular that the school did not allow them to do was the Can-Can. I know now where that comes from lmao.]]> 2020-10-26 08:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860829340 Another One hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860839608 This one is in color, and despite the homoeroticism in his art, one has to absolutely appreciate the sheer mastery of anatomy that Cadmus has. It's insane. ]]> 2020-10-26 08:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/860839608 Knife Fight! hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902878517 I remember watching WSS back in sixth-grade choir. I didn't retain a lot from it, being that I hated that class. Upon re-watching it though, I can understand why my sixth-grade mind was so fond of the dance knife fight. My friends all laughed at it and thought it was stupid and to an extent, I kind of did too, though I was still secretly fascinated by it. Not so much because I could appreciate it as an art but more because I had never seen anything like it before. ]]> 2020-11-09 05:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902878517 West Side Story, What I Remember hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902890155 From what I remember of the film, all the guys wore nice shirts. Shirts, jackets, tight pants, all of that felt weird to me as a kid. Then again I had no idea what a street gang was supposed to look like, let alone from the 60's. I remember something along the lines of it being a Romeo and Juliet story, and don't quite remember the ethnicity's of each gang. ]]> 2020-11-09 05:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902890155 In A Way hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902903561 It was sort of my first musical, thinking about it. Maybe save for Disney movies, I'm not sure if they are considered musicals. I remember watching it on one of those old Box TV's on the second to last day of school. I can remember pretty vividly pushing the TV on its stand down into the choir room which oddly enough, was in the basement. Not sure why she did not just play it on the projector. Even then, I remember my friends more or less teasing the movie and even worse teasing me about it when I dropped my guise of acting like it was dumb and showed genuine interest. ]]> 2020-11-09 05:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902903561 Shit. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902913071 Writing that last one, I reflected a bit on what that whole experience with watching WSS really meant as a kid. I genuinely don't see how one can look at a bunch of good looking dudes who want to fucking stab each other to death and call it whatever pejorative of "gay" there is, but that didn't stop my friends from doing it. Now I don't blame them, they were kids and the whole topic of how toxic masculinity could be wasn't really a thing back then, but just that thought alone kind of opened up a few doors to me. For example -]]> 2020-11-09 05:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902913071 It Is Strange hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902929475 It is strange to think that in a way, WSS is more or less a giant representation of the same things I was dealing with back then. Growing up I never really thought about the parallels of it. Tough guy, be a tough guy and stick with your gang. Don't deviate, and hate the other gang. I guess it is a strange comparison and one that just kind of hit me while writing this. ]]> 2020-11-09 05:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/902929475 West Side Story - What I Watched and Tony's Death hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903174940 Upon re-watching it I can definitely see why I didn't like it as a kid. Though as an adult, I think it might be the best thing I've watched in any class this entire semester. I guess I'll go ahead and give my full review of it.  Tony is my favorite character. Generally I don't really like to stick with the main protagonists as a favorite, though the relationship between Tony and Maria felt genuinely good. The entire situation regarding Tony's death kind of broke my heart, and Maria's reaction to it kind of just made it worse. I remember pretty distinctly "Holy shit she has the gun." Coming from the mouth of the person I was watching it with. ]]> 2020-11-09 07:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903174940 West Side Story - Favorite Song by Far hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903199325 "Maria." Is one of my favorites. It really stuck with me, and after Tony learns her name its like all he can think about. Just the idea of that alone made it great, and it was really beautiful, just tried not to think about how it would end up. From a film perspective, the shot composition of it really got me as well. There was no need to make it that colorful. But, I think it reflected a bit on Tony's feelings at the time, and even contrasted with the color of the dress she wore during her last song with Tony. ]]> 2020-11-09 07:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903199325 As an Aside hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903215690 America was pretty good too. I think it kind of set the tone for the underlying theme of belonging and hate in the film. I dig it. Also upon looking up clips for the Padlet, I found this. Really dig this too. Look at this dude jamming out. ]]> 2020-11-09 07:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903215690 To Think About hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903221250 I think an overwhelming theme in WSS is hate. I cant make some massive claim about any relation between hatred and masculinity, but I feel like the most toxic of men are the ones with the most hate in their hearts. Or at least, the ones who cant control it. That kind of hate that makes you want to kill someone for petty reasons. Like living on a different street or being born on a different spot of land. It plays well into the theme of toxic masculinity. I genuinely can't find any research on it as related to WSS, but it gives me similar vibes. WSS does a good job of showing how that same kind of hate can tear something beautiful apart. ]]> 2020-11-09 07:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903221250 A Remake? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903265273 I could really write more on WSS, and I think I might, but I found this. I am not sure about a remake. Maybe an adaptation to fit a more modern standard of representation, but a remake just seems.. wrong. I don't know if I want Spielberg anywhere near something like this, either. Not to say he isn't a great director, I just think there are many people better suited for the job. I might just be a cynic because if it is good then I am sure it will be great. But, shit. Do we really have to? ]]> 2020-11-09 08:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903265273 Fiddler on The Roof hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903287018 Funnily enough, a Jewish friend of mine told me about this years ago. So before watching it with her and getting her experience from it, I knew a bit. I've heard "If I Were a Rich Man" before and sort of recognized the film poster. Reading deeper into it, I found quite a few things I really like. Interesting things. things that had me asking questions lol. ]]> 2020-11-09 08:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903287018 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903356088 2020-11-09 08:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903356088 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903357784 2020-11-09 08:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903357784 The Setting hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903360344 Fiddler on The Roof's setting alone was something we talked about for awhile. Early 1900's Russia wasn't exactly the best place for Jews, and the way that tradition and progress, or in some way, freedom, comes into play draws a very interesting parallels to many things I've at least on a personnel level, observed today. ]]> 2020-11-09 08:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903360344 On Tradition and Marriage hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903386334 I thought the idea of tradition in Fiddler was interesting. It isn't exactly something I think about a lot. Arranged marriage, at least in this case was always something I looked at as a direct infringement on a woman's freedom. Though I would say that the pursuit of wealth is a more powerful plot point, the more comical attempts to marry off the daughters was something that I found at times, kind of funny. Just strange paralleling it with the idea of arranged marriages for tactical gain. ]]> 2020-11-09 08:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903386334 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903400553 2020-11-09 09:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903400553 Anti-Semitism in Media hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903409552 Strangely enough, I have another class this semester called about the history of American mass media. We were discussing something similar a few weeks back and a very interesting point was raised. Despite making up a good portion of musical theatre and media, why are Jews still often represented within their own stereotype? I don't particularly have an answer for it, though it should be a sign that Anti-Semitism is still alive and well.]]> 2020-11-09 09:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903409552 The Music Man hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903431790 So I watched The Music Man. And though I did not like it as much as WSS, I still got a kick out of some of the songs. Particularly "Ya Got Trouble." It wasn't a bad watch, but regardless, here are some of the dumb thoughts that went through my head during it.]]> 2020-11-09 09:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903431790 Another Love Story hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903438570 It seems like a big theme during this time focused around a couple that shouldn't be together. One has to take into considering - were teenagers feeling like this at the time? I would say yeah, though being that it was the 1960's I have no fucking clue how teenagers were feeling. The weight of tradition must have been intense back then, and not having the social freedoms we have today would have made my head explode. ]]> 2020-11-09 09:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903438570 So I Looked it Up hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903444984 Imagine.

Assassinations, a space race, men walking on the moon, the Vietnam War, Civil Rights marches, segregation, integration, The Beetles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Animals, the Dave Clark Five, Credence Clearwater Revival, muscle cars,  protests, and nuclear bomb scares. 

]]> 2020-11-09 09:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903444984 Another Angry Aside hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903454948 Alright, yeah. Elvis was great. He was cool, yeah. Okay. He wasn't The King of Rock N Roll. I have the same god damn argument with my uncle about it about every single Christmas. Elvis started in country and though he played guitar, had the looks, and was the Icon, he was ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE NEAR AS GREAT AS CHUCK BERRY. I don't argue about a lot of stuff, but I swear to God I could get down to Johnny B. Goode and palaver about Elvis being a chump compared to Berry all day. Music is one of the few things I am passionate about and holy shit if Chuck Berry gets sidestepped to Elvis one more time I'm gonna lose my mind. The best thing Elvis ever did was inspire Evil Elvis, Glen Danzig.  ]]> 2020-11-09 09:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903454948 Aside Part 2 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903470859 The first song I learned how to play on Piano was "Aint That A Shame" by Fats Domino. I am not a piano player. Every year or so I learn a song or two, but I like to think I'm more of a writer than a musician. A lizard could play this. But when I was a kid there was nothing quite as fun as slamming the C and G keys while my cousin played drums and sang. I have fond memories of my grandparents really loving it.]]> 2020-11-09 09:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903470859 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903482221 2020-11-09 09:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903482221 Back to The Music Man hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903482885 I think one of the most interesting things about The Music Man is the way that it portrays youth. Whereas in WSS, the youth are the protagonists, the youth in The Music Man are more or less characters to put the plot forward. Though that isn't a bad thing and I really liked it, some of the aversion to them becoming musicians is a bit funny. Especially for the time period. ]]> 2020-11-09 09:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903482885 Look at this man. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903501773 2020-11-09 09:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903501773 The Remake? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903513550 I haven't seen it or heard of it, though to be honest I could actually see a remake being not that bad. It doesn't have TOO many touchy subjects and overall it is fairly merry, at least when compared to the carefully choreographed musical murder in WSS. I wouldn't mind watching it, what is the worst that could happen? ]]> 2020-11-09 09:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903513550 While We're Still in The 60's hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903532224 The end of the decade was one of the best times for music. Mostly, my kind of music. Rock n Roll was a thing and though Black Sabbath would come around and make metal a few years later, The Beatles and Chuck Berry were two of the biggest influences for the genre. The White Album, one of my favorite Beatles records and one of the most underrated, has to have the heaviest song I've ever heard in that time period, and is probably the first thing I think of when I think of the 60's. That, and Vietnam.]]> 2020-11-09 09:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903532224 The Kinsey Reports hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903554026 One of the most interesting things to read about. I consider it pretty solid, though a lot of my straight friends aren't entirely on board with it. The Kinsey stuff is a good read because it isn't entirely black and white on sexuality. Rather, it is a bit more nuanced, something that I really think is needed in a lot of discussions about sexuality.]]> 2020-11-09 10:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903554026 Think I'm Gonna Talk About West Side Story More hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903561626 So something that I noticed when watching the film is that it seems like both gangs, as different as they were, felt trapped in their own situations. Maybe that goes back to what I was saying about being a teenager in the 60's, albeit the boys were lucky to not be in Vietnam, they weren't exactly lucky to be in the situation they were in. They're so similar, it's a shame they hated each other so much.]]> 2020-11-09 10:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903561626 Brown Face Was a Thing hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903579544 Shitty and wish it wasn't, but it was. But I still like the film regardless. ]]> 2020-11-09 10:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903579544 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903588482 2020-11-09 10:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903588482 Subways are For Sleeping hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903591345 David Merrick seemed like a pretty interesting guy. I can see why such an awesome name for a musical came from him, and though I havn't watched it I listened to the soundtrack at work and now I really want to watch it.]]> 2020-11-09 10:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903591345 I Found This hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903651374 2020-11-09 10:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903651374 The Later Part of The Decade hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903659052 It seems like all of the big stuff, at least in the 60's, came in the later part of the decade. I found this video pretty interesting and overall it summed up my own thoughts on it. So much stuff evolved from the 60's into what we have today and it is infinitely interesting. ]]> 2020-11-09 10:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903659052 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903663026 2020-11-09 10:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903663026 In Contrast hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903669933 I think the overall theme of West Side Story contrasts with one of our last Musicals quite greatly. Oklahoma is a far cry from what West Side Story represents and I think much of that comes from the setting. The inner city against the rural farm life would be one massive factor that more or less contributes to about every difference I can think of in a group of people. Any major difference, anyway. I think that might be one of the greatest struggles to overcome in the 21st century. ]]> 2020-11-09 10:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903669933 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903677526 2020-11-09 10:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903677526 Random Find hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903681369 Apparently a penny from 1964 had some kind of error in it and now is going for 10K on Ebay. The Internet is a great place. ]]> 2020-11-09 11:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903681369 An Observation hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903688527 It almost seemed like in the 1960's most women had short hair. All of the pictures I've seen of women in my family seem to have long dark hair, but maybe that is just my family. So I did some reading on it and found this. I am no big fan of intricate clothing or fashion, but I did kind of like the look of 60's dresses. ]]> 2020-11-09 11:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903688527 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903694837 2020-11-09 11:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/903694837 My First Impressions hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950577156 So whenever I first heard about Jesus Christ Superstar, I immediately thought a song of a similar name. A great song, but one not quite related to JCS. I mean I suppose in a way, Christ is selling something, and so is Depeche Mode. So, it wraps up pretty well. I still have that strange thing in my mind where when I hear about JCS, I instantly think of this song.]]> 2020-11-22 23:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950577156 What I Got hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950604392 So after listening to the soundtrack a few times at work, I really had a few songs stuck in my head. I suppose I did listen to the soundtrack before even watching it, but regardless I think I still got the experience! One thing that stuck out to me was the way the songs were written. I cant precisely tell you why I found them so catchy or why it appealed to me so much, but I can try!]]> 2020-11-23 00:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950604392 Superstar hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950609709 So obviously, Superstar was one of the best tracks. It is catchy and almost thought-provoking. The strange, almost apologetic way that Judas sings gives an undertone to the song that I think, broadens its depths. Plus it is incredibly funky, so. 

"I am only asking."

"Don't get me wrong."

And by this point even though Judas is dead, we get a pretty clear picture of his mind at work. Just asking questions, that's all. ]]> 2020-11-23 00:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950609709 Sacrilegious? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950616721 The incredibly religious middle school me would have decried this as the work of the devil himself. I suppose being raised in a very religious household will do that, thankfully I grew out of it and can actually enjoy things. After looking it up a bit, apparently, JCS was deemed Sacrilegious by the BBC and was lifted after awhile, though by that point it had sold 7 million copies worldwide. ]]> 2020-11-23 00:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950616721 I Don't Know How To Love Him hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950620930 Ah, the second most loved Mary in the original story. Not to digress much, but I really enjoyed the song. It wasn't quite what I was expecting for a rock opera but, it came close. The strumming guitar was almost peaceful sounding and layered over by the drawn out vocals , the song gave me some folky vibes. It worked well for the overall theme of the story, though. Poor Mary.]]> 2020-11-23 00:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950620930 By Far The Best Track Holy Shit hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950631995 I probably listened to just the piano of this alone about a dozen times while pushing carts at work. Literally just looked up a piano cover and vibed to it. Up until this point in the album, I was not as into the songs. The story had a pretty good grip on me from the songs, though Heaven on their Minds absolutely killed me. I am gonna do a couple of slides about it, because every single bit of this song from the composition to the cinematography is phenomenal. I really liked the original version.. but then..]]> 2020-11-23 00:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950631995 Carl Anderson hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950643474 Just something about every bit of this got me. Carl Andersons voice is absolutely phenomenal. This needs to be the definitive version just for how much of a masterpiece it is. The on location shooting mixed with Andersons entire performance as Judas has to be one of the best things I've seen in this class. I can say that nothing has really given me those artistic goosebumps quite like this. ]]> 2020-11-23 00:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950643474 The Meaning of It hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950650329 I think you could take quite a bit away from Heaven on their Minds even without knowing the context. Like all good art, it really has multiple meanings, but the one that I got from it was the sheer aversion to idolization. Of course, people make idols of anything they can cling to, even to the extent of Judas doing it at first. But after breaking through from that hivemind cult-think, he sounds and is helpless against the doom that is coming. Judas broke free from that. That is the part that gets me.]]> 2020-11-23 00:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950650329 Observe hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950657303 Look at those tassels. I know nothing about fashion. Literally nothing. But something about the 70's film version of JCS really gets me. The way they dress, the way they flaunt around and dance, there is just something so much more classy about it than the Tim Minchin version. Though, it is for sure from a different time period, I feel like it better fits the compassion to have there over the top, absolutely fucking crazy looking shit like this on the main stage, rather than everyone looking homeless like in the previous link.]]> 2020-11-23 00:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950657303 There is Also This hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950659629 This is a thing too. The autotune kinda kills it for me, as does the fact that the Carl Anderson version isn't the first result on Google. I don't have a whole lot of interest in this version, to be honest. The badass piano has all but been removed, and though Tim Minchin is great, I can't hear anything but Carl Anderson on this song.]]> 2020-11-23 00:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950659629 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950665549 2020-11-23 00:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950665549 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950673432 2020-11-23 01:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950673432 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950675567 2020-11-23 01:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950675567 Back to Folk - And then Funk - And then Rock? hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950677688 There was a very strange feeling I got when listening to this for the first time. Though finally at this point I was done pushing carts, I got to this track. It has so many different musical styles to it, from funky bass, to guitar rock and at the start, just outright folk. I for sure don't hate it. I like it, the anger, the howling, just the overall energy. God damn. ]]> 2020-11-23 01:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950677688 I Am Curious hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950684490 Why do I like this more than the previous musicals? I really like West Side Story and South Pacific, though something about Jesus Christ Superstar just hits a much more catchy note. Is it because it is just written that way? Do I have a modern sensibility towards music like this? Maybe it is just that this is literally the most famous Rock Opera, and I kind of grew up around rock n roll. ]]> 2020-11-23 01:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950684490 The Theme hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950859442 I think the theme of power and success is blatantly obvious in JCS. Maybe it is just my English brain, but a lot of the time when I consume media content like this I like to dig into it and find something a bit more unique than what is portrayed on the surface. I think we can obviously say that it is about the downsides and dangers of power, but how can we relate it to something fun, like mass cultic suicide?]]> 2020-11-23 03:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950859442 Judas hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950861109 I don’t think it would be a long shot to say that JCS is about a cult. Jesus is obviously the be-all end-all, and to his credit has done many good things. But Judas, the defector, seems to be the lynchpin to the group's survival. Without Jesus surely it would collapse yeah, but without what Judas speaks, they’re all gonna die. He is a dissenter, something you cant really have in a cult.]]> 2020-11-23 03:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950861109 The Question hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950876229 It kind of begs the question on as to if Christianity is a cult itself. Generally, cults are deemed completely false by the public, though I’m sure the definition is not so set in stone. I don’t really know, I suppose. I grew up in something similar with snakes and tongue-speaking and such, though it wasn’t ever directly harmful to me. Not exactly helpful either, though. ]]> 2020-11-23 03:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950876229 Jesus Christ Superstar Conclusion hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950879336 I really liked JCS. It was one of those things that I was an outsider on until this class, and now that I’ve found it I am very glad that I did. It is catchy, thought provoking and all around what I think a rock opera should be. One major thing I took away from it, aside from the music, was the kind of celebration it makes of the dissenters. Judas was the good guy, through and through. Its a story, especially in this context, that I don't see a lot of. ]]> 2020-11-23 03:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950879336 A Side Note on Cults hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950884635 Really interesting stuff, and something I've been following for awhile. Surprise surprise, its a cult. ]]> 2020-11-23 03:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/950884635 Chicago hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951064594 So it is a bit hard to come off of the high that was Jesus Christ Superstar, but going back and listening to some of the music from Chicago was a good change. I watched it a bit before JCS and though initially, I wasn't very into it, I found a few things about it that were pretty appealing. ]]> 2020-11-23 05:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951064594 Initial Theme hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951087672 I didn't get as much out of the soundtrack as I thought I would, and though all of the voices are great, something about the structure of the music just kind of felt weird to me. So aside from the structure, I thought that it was a pretty good parody of what we consider to be justice. Along with that, it seemed like fame was also a pretty big part of it.]]> 2020-11-23 05:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951087672 The Aesthetic hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951092586 I gotta say, the aesthetic alone reminds me a lot of that movie Sin City. It is very deep red, deep black, and sexy. I suppose the blood plays well on the whole murder and sex thing. For the subject matter I it makes sense, and draws a bit of comedic light on the fact that in a way, we as a society view crime as a pretty sexy thing. ]]> 2020-11-23 05:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951092586 Spouse Murder and Informative Murder Porn hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951110453 As a little aside, the aesthetic and a lot of the themes in Chicago play out like some of those Investigation Discovery shows that my mother watches. My Dad and I have taken to calling it Informative Murder Porn, due to it basically being portrayed as such. "How cool would it be if you had an affair with a man and then murdered him and then your husband took the blame but then you went to prison and became a celebrity?" I'm not shitting on it, I'm just saying it sounds like something my mother would absolutely love.]]> 2020-11-23 06:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951110453 A Strong Opening hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951126991 All That Jazz opened the musical up pretty strong. I think overall it gave off the theme and the feel of what we were getting into within the first five minutes or so. It gave the musical that same upbeat 1920's feel. One thing that I focused on quite a bit previously was Vaudeville. I love it, it is great, and by far my favorite part of that era. ]]> 2020-11-23 06:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951126991 My Favorite hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951158328 Cell Block Tango. Basically anything dealing with the women's prison was one of my favorite parts of the musical. It was not only a strange setting, especially for that time period, but also the most interesting part. The way the women killed their husbands, or committed their crimes was very.. interesting. I was a bit scared watching that as a dude, hoping I don't chew gum too loudly, save my spouse doesn't put two bullets in my head. I jest, though. It's a pretty good song. ]]> 2020-11-23 06:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951158328 I Know I'm Not Crazy hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951169800 I'm a big fan of the show Gotham, or anything to do with Batman really. And I swear to God there is a scene where Cell Block Tango is parodied. It took me awhile to remember what its called by holy shit it all makes so much sense now. Professor Pyg, man.]]> 2020-11-23 06:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951169800 I Really Hate Roxie hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951181189 Great character. Horrible person. She just seems like the kind of person to manipulate her way into anything. I mean, Amos should have left a long time ago so I can't blame him much, but she just strikes me as the kind of person that is incredibly popular, and shouldn't be. Part of me kind of wanted to see her come to a more fitting end, though I suppose a lifetime of suffering in knowing that she will never be famous again seems to suit her. Perhaps it says something about our culture and the people we idolize. ]]> 2020-11-23 06:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951181189 A Contrast hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951191720 I think there is a major contrast in Jesus Christ Superstar and Chicago. On one hand, both of them are about destructive fame. Where Jesus and Roxie both openly exploit it, they almost feel like tragic characters. There is an air of feminism to Roxie, and Jesus seems to be in some ways, misguided. Personally I've never been famous and don't ever want to be, so I can kind of see how this all looks on the outside. I think both musicals act as cautionary tales, ones that people really seem to like. ]]> 2020-11-23 06:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951191720 In Conclusion hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951199049 I don't really have a strong opinion on Chicago. It doesn't really seem like my kind of musical, but at the same time I can see why so many people love it. If not for the 20's aesthetic alone, there would be a good case to be made that this is the story of a woman, or a woman's story. As a man it doesn't really appeal to me quite like Jesus Christ Superstar does, but the overall meaning of destructive fame is one I think everyone can take away from it. ]]> 2020-11-23 06:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951199049 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951230840 2020-11-23 06:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951230840 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951232542 2020-11-23 06:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951232542 Poor Amos hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951234970 2020-11-23 07:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951234970 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951258440 2020-11-23 07:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951258440 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951260477 2020-11-23 07:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951260477 The Rock Opera hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951265618 To be honest it is more my style of opera. I grew up around Rock n Roll my whole life, and communicating a story through it seems pretty appealing. Being that Jesus Christ Superstar was great, I started looking up other Rock Operas. Some I've heard of, some I used to be obsessed with as a teenager, and some that I just want to forget lol]]> 2020-11-23 07:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951265618 Sweeny Tod hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951271945 I remember watching this at my first girlfriends house when I was like, 14. It scared the shit out of me. Not like, scared as in "Oh no I don't wanna be a pie :(" but more "Oh no what is my girlfriend into." I ended up liking it, and have seen it twice since then. Something about Johhny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter together makes me nostalgic. ]]> 2020-11-23 07:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951271945 Repo! The Genetic Opera. hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951287637 I really loved this one when I was a teenager. It was incredibly cringe, and even to this day I look back at it and think "What the fuck was wrong with me." Regardless, it is actually pretty good. I think a bit influence on me was the "Graverobber" and his absolutely phenomenal voice. I wanted to be able to sing like that, and to an extend I can definitely talk like it. Just cant raise my voice without sounding like a child. Zydrate Anatomy was and still is one of the catchiest songs i've ever heard. Its like.. industrial metal mixed with body horror. I think they've begun calling it "Gorepunk." ]]> 2020-11-23 07:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951287637 The Wall hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951316021 Despite my absolute hatred for Roger Waters, I remember The Wall being something my dad was obsessed with. In all honesty Pink Floyd isn't really good to listen to unless you're sad or high, and I couldn't ever really get into The Wall. I remember the cover of it, the screaming face with the bloody words over it giving me nightmares as a kid, though. Never seen it, probably should for the sake of conversation with my dad. ]]> 2020-11-23 07:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951316021 Return to Forbidden Planet hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951337776 When I was an edgy teenager, I got into a bunch of old horror movies. Forbidden Planet was one of them, mainly due to the idea that a robot could have feelings. Now a days I am terrified of AI, but it used to fascinate me as a kid. I remember stumbling upon Return to Forbidden Planet. It is basically a sequel, layered over with cover songs. It's a big parody of itself, but it is still pretty great and tells a good love story. ]]> 2020-11-23 07:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951337776 There is Literally a Spider-Man Musical hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951352333 And yes, it is a Rock Opera. I really like U2. I know a lot of people shit on them for being well...U2. But, they're been a favorite band of mine for awhile, and a useless little piece of knowledge I've had (THAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO USE) is that Bono and The Edge made a Spider-Man musical called Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. And I unapologetically love it. I don't really even like the Marvel franchise that much, but HOW COOL IS THIS! HE LITERALLY SWINGS ONTO THE STAGE BY A ROPE.]]> 2020-11-23 07:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/951352333 To Begin - Phantom of The Opera hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000175655 Jesus Christ Superstar was one of the best things I've ever seen in college. It's been awhile since I've heard of Phantom of The Opera, though upon watching it again I can really see why people enjoy it. It is kind of maccab and fits that goth girl aesthetic. There were people I went to high school with who were obsessed with it, and thinking about it now, as an edgy teenager I kind of get it. ]]> 2020-12-08 21:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000175655 This Was What Got Me hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000210171 Even before looking up the film, this is what I listened to. It quickly got my attention mainly because I'm a huge sucker for organ music. I cant find enough of it, especially when it is mixed with percussions. There were a few songs that stuck with me, but this one was in my head for hours. ]]> 2020-12-08 21:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000210171 The Music of The Night hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000320607 Another one that got me. Most of the songs with the Phantom were my favorite, and this one in his lair not only pushed the plot along but was really catchy. I can only imagine how Christine felt about it, geez. 

 'Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation - Darkness stirs and wakes imagination."]]> 2020-12-08 22:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000320607 All I Ask of You hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000325680 Another good one, and though the Phantom doesn't have a main part in it, I still liked it. Raoul's character is strange no doubt, and the lyrics got me kind of wishing that I wrote them. They weren't just pretty, they meant something to the plot. Any time there is a duet, it is generally something that does well with the audience. 

'No more talk of darkness,
Forget these wide-eyed fears']]> 2020-12-08 22:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000325680 The Phantom hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000333005 On aesthetics alone he looks awesome. Though, I've done a bit of looking and though I like ALW's version of it, there is something about The Phantom being deformed on his face that just completely changes the story. Don't get me wrong, I totally dig the half mask and half deformity, though I think it is interesting to think about how much of a different show it would be if he looked like Nosferatu or something like that. In a way, it might paint him as more of a villain. Strange to think about. ]]> 2020-12-08 22:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000333005 On Different Versions hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000340940 I have kind of had a crush on Gerard Butler for a long time. As a kid I used to think he was the coolest dude on TV due for his persian killing antics in 300, and the fact that I watched Law Abiding Citizen at about too early of an age. Seeing him in the 2004 film was great, though I don't really think it has the same magic that I've seen in the live on stage shows on YouTube. This one specifically seemed very true to ALW's original design. ]]> 2020-12-08 22:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000340940 About The Singing and Writing hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000346019 As a writer I tend to over-analyze things too much, and when watching the many different ways of doing the play, I kind of see what people mean about the overacting in the 2004 version. That wouldn't be the first time I've seen this kind of thing in a musical. I really dig the main story, though I can't really nail down a favorite adaptation. ]]> 2020-12-08 22:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000346019 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000406873 2020-12-08 23:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000406873 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000408691 2020-12-08 23:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000408691 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000410534 2020-12-08 23:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000410534 Les Mis hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000412317 So to start, the only exposure I have ever had to Les Mis has been in the form of the 2012 film where Russel Crowe belted my ear off within the first ten minutes. I did not really like it, BUT I did have some interest in it due to the time period. Only a few of the songs really caught my ear, due to the fact that the writing is what really interested me. ]]> 2020-12-08 23:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000412317 Some Background hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000415940 So when reading about, the period of French history that it takes place in is one that I've always found a bit obscure. Everyone always likes to shit on the French for their surrender and compliance with the Nazis in WWII, but they do have quite a bit of amazing history. So, I plan to focus on the characters.]]> 2020-12-08 23:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000415940 Jean Valjean hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000418898 First off, Jean Valjean has a cool French name. Second, his time as a prisoner was particularly interesting due to the absolutely horrible things prisoners had to do at the time. He is a strong man and a business owner, essentially part of the western archetype of hero. When he stops the cart and exposes himself I was a bit concerned, but from that point on the story only got better.]]> 2020-12-08 23:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000418898 Fantine hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000424778 Another strong example of a western female character, she seems to be the ultimate form of a mother, and one that is tragic and doing her best. Even so far as to becoming a prostitute. Its a rough time, though I do think that she plays one of the biggest parts in the entire show. Though I wasn't much of a fan of the most recent film, I think Anne Hathaway portrayed her well. ]]> 2020-12-08 23:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000424778 Cosette hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000439431 I would think that after having so many awful experiences, she would become a bitter, cruel child. Though this does not come to be, and she ends up being the quintessential "protect this character at all costs" character in the show. She eventually becomes a young woman and her story is great, one that even surpasses Valjeans in my opinion. She is smart though, as if she wasn't her adoptive father would have been caught along ago. ]]> 2020-12-08 23:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000439431 Javert hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000456856 Ah, Russel Crowes character. Apart from Crowe playing him I thought he was a pretty good character. A dick for sure, but a villain guided by law and order, something that is incredibly intoxicating to those who value power as well. He is the ultimate form of having to chose between his moral code, or being a hypocrite. Great character, and a good, complicated villain. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000456856 Overall Reaction hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000464438 I do like the story quite a bit, and think the BBC did a better job of representing it than the 2012 film. It seemed to me that the actors just.. shouted their lines when it came to communicating with other characters through dialogue. Overall it was a good watch, and I imagine it was a good book back when it was originally written. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000464438 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000469421 2020-12-09 00:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000469421 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000470512 2020-12-09 00:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000470512 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000472439 2020-12-09 00:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000472439 Some of The Music hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000475026 Some of the songs were great, though. Again I preferred the BBC story version, but even in the 2012 version, I could make due. Mostly when they weren't dealing with Russel Crowe, though. He was great in Gladiator, not so much in this one. Though the BBC version was not a musical, it still gave me a pretty good idea of the characters. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000475026 This One hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000480905 This one mostly got me due to the fact it was Anne Hathaway. I really like her voice and though at parts it seems a bit overdone, I thought this one was emotional and hit every note that it should have for the narrative. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000480905 LOOK DOWN LOOK DOWN hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000482496 I did not like this one so much in the film. But jeez, this version. This is the kind of stuff I like, it felt like I was listening to a war march mixed with a slave song. "Jesus doesn't care." Was one line that stuck with me, and the fact that all the prisoners give their own tales of their crimes really set the stage for the entire show. 

"Look down. Look down. You'll always be a slave." ]]> 2020-12-09 00:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000482496 Another One hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000491481 Another one I could really appreciate. Really, the Broadway version was more my style, not only in how it was presented but also the singing. I actually kinda felt bad listening to this, hearing Javerts inner thoughts interlaced with the first song, Look Down. It was an emotional scene that did not need the magic of the 2012 movie to be powerful. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000491481 A Thought on Cats hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000499643 Once more, my only really exposure to Cats was the nightmare fuel of the latest film. I cant imagine watching it with a straight face and taking it seriously, though when looking back at the Broadway show, I wasn't too deep into it, but god damn I really dug the aesthetic. It was like they tried to do something different on purpose with how colorful it was and though it dealt with literal cats, I think it still fit pretty well. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000499643 Costume Design hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000503922 The biggest thing I took out of watching the show was just the sheer amount of work it had to take to learn to sing and dance in these costumes. They do look fairly easy to move around in, but having to worry about getting a hair in your mouth while singing seemed to be pretty difficult. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000503922 The Opening hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000508394 The Opening song was okay, it didnt really catch my attention too much. Though one thing that did surprise me was the name. My aunt had a kitten named Gumbie, and though it could be for any other reason, I assume it was after The Old Gumbie Cat. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000508394 The Rum Tum Tugger hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000515107 Ah.. this one. I liked it, and it kinda of stuck on my mind after watching some of the Broadway videos. I've also heard the name used in about a thousand dirty jokes. Very funky, I dig it.]]> 2020-12-09 00:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000515107 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000532156 2020-12-09 00:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000532156 Memmory hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000541807 This one was the best one, by far. Not only because I had my ears defiled by a bagpipe cover of it but, just the lyrics and the classic structure of the song. I've heard it all over the place, and though it is a ballad and isn't as funky, this will most likely be the one to stick with me the most. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000541807 hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000552750 2020-12-09 00:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000552750 THE LION KING hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000554129 YES MY FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIE FINALLY

So I really dug the broadway performance of it. I would genuinely like to see it one day, though the whole Covid thing doesn't really seem to be supporting that wish. There are so many clips of it on YouTube and much like Cats, the design of the characters and the costumes really got me. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000554129 A Thought hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000557935 One day I would really like to see a Broadway performance of Hunchback. That was a big part of my childhood mainly due to how mature it was for a Disney movie. The talk of lust, burning in hell and all that really made me curious as a kid, and I think it could be done really, really well on Broadway. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000557935 Rents Piano hutchgc88 https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000563538 One of the bet Piano songs we've had all semester. I really dig this one, and though I wasn't as big of a fan of the musical, but the piano on this one was pretty great. ]]> 2020-12-09 00:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchgc88/abn0ueiljth1moh3/wish/1000563538